FABERGE - ANTIQUE JEWISH LARGE SILVER ETROG BOX CONTAINER
Judaica Russian VERY LARGE Silver Etrog Box with Nephrite Jade Finial. Extremely nice job.
HALLMARKS: '84' for silver standard and 'I.P.' for Julius Alexandrovitch Rappoport - famous FABERGE workmaster - please see information bellow. There are FOUR maker marks on FOUR different places please see the images.
PROVENANCE: From a Long Island, NY Private Collection.
LARGE SIZE: 23 x 16.5 x 12 cm (9 x 6.5 x 4.75 inches). Weight: 25.27 Ozt (786 grams).
CONDITION: Excellent Condition. The item is described to the best of our knowledge. Please refer to pictures and email with any questions.
ESTIMATE PRICE: $9,000 - $18,000.
HISTORY of SALES: A few years ago Jewish etrog boxes were sold on Live Auctioneer and Sotheby's for $10,625, $14,800, $16,000 and $21,250 - please see the screenshots.
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WIKIPEDIA: Etrog is the yellow citron or Citrus medica used by Jews during the week-long holiday of Sukkot as one of the four species. Together with the lulav, hadass, and aravah, the etrog is taken in hand and held or waved during specific portions of the holiday prayers. Special care is often given to selecting an etrog for the performance of the Sukkot holiday rituals. Etrogim were extensively cultivated in the Holy Land at the time of the Second Temple, and images of etrogim are found at many archaeological sites of that era, including mosaics at the Maon Synagogue, Beth Alpha Synagogue, and Hamat Tiberias Synagogue. At all of those sites, the etrog is depicted alongside other important religious symbols, like the shofar or menorah. The etrog is also found on numerous Bar Kokhba coins. Archaeological evidence for Citrus fruits is limited, as neither seeds nor pollen are likely to be routinely recovered in archaeology. The earliest evidence of etrogim in Israel is the recent discovery of citron pollen from the second century B.C.E. in excavations at the Ramat Rachel site.

WORKMASTER: Julius Alexandrovitch Rappoport, Russian silversmith, Faberge workmaster. Born in 1864. Trained in Berlin, one of Faberge's rare craftsmen of Jewish origin. Julius Rappoport opened his first own workshop in St. Petersburg at Ekateriniski Canal in 1883, then he moved to Moscow to become a Faberge workmaster. His maker's mark was IP and in Russian Cyrillic. He belonged from 1886 till 1908 to four 'workmasters', main leaders of Faberge workshops. He was the Faberge's most important supplier of large silver objects. He is best known for his naturalistic animal figures (massive silver casts), but he also executed special commissions for the Imperial Family, the Imperial Cabinet and noble families Yousupov an others. Recently a few of these special commissions that were designed by Faberge, and made by Rappoport, have been auctioned by Bonhams and Christies in London (England) and in Munich. His workshop was taken over by the First Silver Artel around 1909. Died in 1916.

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